The revival of the Młoty pumped-storage power plant in the Bystrzyckie Mountains, on the Bystrzyca Łomnicka river, in the village of Młoty in the Bystrzyca Kłodzka municipality in Kłodzko County (Dolnośląskie Voivodeship). Construction began in 1973 and was abandoned; the project is being taken up again by PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna, carrying it out through the special-purpose company PGE Inwest 12, in which NFOŚiGW holds a 49% stake. Under the current assumptions, the plant is to reach a capacity of 1,050 MW and approx. 4,090 MWh of storage capacity. In 2022 the construction cost was assessed at approx. PLN 6 billion, and at the 2023 announcement at approx. PLN 5 billion. In April 2026 WNP reported that the cost would reach no less than PLN 7 billion, and in July 2026 the portal judged that the final amount would be much higher. Carrying out this variant of the project requires flooding the entire village of Młoty to create the lower reservoir. At the turn of 2025 and 2026 the company submitted an environmental report to the Regional Directorate for Environmental Protection (RDOŚ) in Wrocław. According to Gramwzielone.pl (September 2026), RDOŚ then asked for the documentation to be supplemented, work on which is under way, and the project schedule depends on the timing of obtaining the environmental decision.
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Timeline
- Original date2030
Change history
- Dec 2025stage: permits
- Jul 2024stage: permits
Significance
The project is intended to be one of the most advanced undertakings to build a pumped-storage power plant in Poland and to serve for energy storage and stabilisation of the national power system during peaks in demand. At full capacity of 1,050 MW the installation could operate for approx. four hours. The lower reservoir on the Bystrzyca river is also to serve a retention function, reducing the risk of flooding in the area of Bystrzyca Kłodzka. The price of the undertaking, however, is the flooding of the entire village of Młoty to create the lower reservoir, which raises social opposition and environmental concerns.
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- AgroNews12 Jan 2026Stage history
Stage historyNa dzień przed końcem roku spółka złożyła wymagany dokument
- [2]PGE czeka na decyzję środowiskową w sprawie ESP Młoty i szykuje nową elektrownię szczytowo-pompową ↗archived ✓Gramwzielone.pl2 Jun 2025Investor
InvestorFundusz został udziałowcem (49%) spółki celowej PGE Inwest 12.
- Forsal.pl3 Jul 2026
- wywlaszczenie.pl15 Jan 2025Stage
StageW lipcu 2024 r. inwestor wystąpił o decyzję środowiskową
LocationDolnym Śląsku w powiecie kłodzkim
- Money.pl10 Nov 2024Original date
Original datePierwotny harmonogram przewidywał, że będzie gotowa w 2030 r.
- Funding
FundingW ramach umowy NFOŚiGW obejmie 49 proc. udziałów w spółce celowej PGE Inwest 12, odpowiedzialnej za budowę ESP Młoty. PGE zachowa większościowy pakiet udziałów - 51 proc.
- Funding
FundingFundusz ma objąć 49 proc., a PGE 51 proc. udziałów w spółce celowej PGE Inwest 12
- [8]Polska zwiększy moce elektrowni szczytowo-pompowych o ponad 100 procent? Na stole są dwa projekty ↗archived ✓WNP.pl19 Jul 2026
- [9]Na mapie Polski mają pojawić się dwie ważne inwestycje energetyczne za kilkanaście miliardów zł ↗WNP.pl10 Apr 2026Cost
CostKoszt inwestycji sięgnąłby co najmniej 7 mld zł
- Gramwzielone.pl25 Sep 2026Status
StatusPo złożeniu zaktualizowanego raportu o oddziaływaniu na środowisko i uzyskaniu pozytywnej opinii sanitarnej Regionalna Dyrekcja Ochrony Środowiska we Wrocławiu wezwała do uzupełnienia dokumentacji.